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THE KORAN AND MOHAMME
DANISM.
BY B. W. WHILDEN.
NUMBER 111.
We have thus far considered the Ko
ran, and Mohammed in his connection
with it as the author. We now con- ■
aider Mohammedanism, or the religion
inculcated in the Koran.
Mohammedanism (or Islamism, as
it is also called) is divided into two '
parts ; faith or theory, and religion or 1
practice. The first part, the Moham- i
niedans call “/man,” the second, I
"Din." They teach that their religion ,
is based on five fundamental points, ’
one belonging to faith, and four to '
practice.
That belonging to faith is, that there ;
is no God but the true God, and that
Mohammed is his prophet. Under
this they comprehend six distinct
branches. Ist. Belief in God. 2nd,
in his prophets; 3rd, in the Scriptures;
4th, in his prophets; Sth, in the resur-!
rection and day of judgment; 6th, in ’
God’s absolute decree and the determi- ,
nation of good and evil. We now con-!
sider their articles of faith.
1. Their belief in God embraces a ,
belief in Hi's unity as well as in His
existence. They regard some Chris
tian sects as denying the Unity of God
by attributing divinity to Jesus Christ,
and those also as denying it who at
tribute divinity to the Virgin Mary.
The Jews are accused in the Koran of
taking Ezra as the Son of God.
2. Belief in Angels. The Koran
denominates a man an infidel who
either denies the existence of angels, or
asserts distinction of sects among
them. Angels are regarded as having
pure, subtile bodies created of fire,
neither eating nor drinking, nor prop
agating their species. ,Their offices and
forms are regarded as various; some
adoring God in different postures ; some
singing praises to Him or interceding
for mankind ; some writing down the
actions of men; and some carrying
the throne of God. Four angels are
mentioned as more than others in the
enjoyment of God’s favor— Gabriel,
honored with the greatest confidence
by Jehovah; Michael, the friend and
protector of the Jews; Asrael, the
angel of death who separates the souls
of men from their bodies, and Israfil,
whose office it will be to sound the
trumphet at the resurrection. The
Mohammedans also believe that each
man has two guardian angels who at
tend him and observe his actions, and
that these are changed every day. The
devil (according to Mohammed) fell
from God’s favor, because he refused
to pay homage to Adam at the com
mand of God. The Mohammedans
believe in an order of creatures be
tween angels and men, made of fire
but of grosser fabric than angels—some
of them good and some bad—eating
and drinking, propagating their spe
cies and subject to death.
3. Belief in Scriptures. The Koran
teaches that God gave, in different
ages of the world, revelations of his
will in writing, to several prophets, the
whole and every word of which it is
necessary for a good Mohammedan to
believe. According to the Mohamme
dans, the number of these books was
one hundred and four. To Adam were
given ten ; to Seth, fifty ; to Enoch
(called in the Koran Edris,) thirty; to
Abraham, ten. The others, being the
Pentateuch, the Psalms, the Gospel,
the Koran, they say, were delivered
successively to Moses, David, Jesus and
Mohammed. No more revelations are
now to be expected. All these sacred
books, they believed, are entirely lost,
except the four just mentioned. The
contents they believe are now un
known. They say that the Pentateuch,
Psalms, and Gospel have undergone so
many alterations and corruptions, that
though there may be possibly some '
part of the true word of God in them, 1
yet no credit is to be given to the pres-I
ent copies in the hands of the Jews I
and Christians. According to some
writers, the Mohammedans have these j
writings among them ; but they are 1
falsified and corrupted. They assert
that the Savior foretold the coming of
their prophet.
U hen they are told that the Koran
may l>e possibly corrupted, they reply,
that God has promised that He will
take care of it, and preserve it from
any addition or diminution. They
notice the writings of Daniel and of
other prophets, and also make quota
tions from them; but they do not con
sider these to be divine, or of any au
thority in matters of religion.
4. Belief in prophets. According to
some Mohammedan tradition, the'
prophets that have been sent into the i
world, from time to time, number one ,
hundred and twenty-four thousand ; j
according to another, two hundred and
twenty-four thousand, of whom three
hundred were apostles. Six of the
last named brought new laws or dis
pensations ; the second abrogating!
wha‘ the first had published, and so on
to the last. These six were as follows: I
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, I
Mohammed. The Mohammedans pro- '
fess to believe, that all these prophets
were free from great sins and great
errors ; that they prefessed one and the
same religion, (Islam) notwithstand-
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ing the different laws and institutions
they observed. As Mohammed ac
knowledged the divine authority of the
Pentateuch, Psalms and Gospel, he
often appeals to the agreement of the
I Koran with these, and he appeals also
} to the prophecies which he says are
found there, concerning himself. He
frequently accuses both Jews and Gen
tiles of destroying passages that refer
;to himself. His followers do not hes-
■ itate to produce several texts, both
from the Old and New Testaments, to
! support his cause.
■ 5. Belief in the resurrection and day
of judgment. When a person is laid
in the grave, the Mohammedans say
j that he is received by an angel, who
■ gives him notice of the coming of the
' two Examines—black, livid angels, of
1 a terrible appearance. These order the
i dead person to sit upright, and then
I examine him, concerning his faith as
I to the unity of God and the mission of
I Mohammed. If he should answer cor
rectly, they suffer the body to rest in
■ peace, and it is refreshed by the air of
j Paradise; if he should not answer cor
rectly, he is tormented in various ways
until the resurrection. This sepulcher
examination is founded on an express
tradition of Mohammed. Commenta-
; tors admit that it is not taught in a
! direct manner in the Koran, though
■it is plainly hinted at. Those who are
considered orthodox, Mohammedans
I take care to have their graves made
hollow, so that they may sit up with
I more ease while they are examined by
the angels.
With regard to the soul, they say
that it is separated from the body by
the angel of death, who performs his
office with gentleness towards the good
and with violence towards the wicked ;
it enters into a state of existence be
tween death and the resurrection. If
the departed was a believer, they say
that two angels meet it and convey it
to heaven, that its place may be as
signed there, according to its merits
and degree. The souls of the faithful
, are divided into three classes ; the first
of the prophets who are admftted at
once into Paradise ; the second, of mar
tyrs, whose spirits (according to a tra
dition of Mohammed) rest in the crops
; of green birds, which eat of the fruit
1 and drink of the rivers of Paradise ; the
: third, of other believers, concerning
1 the state of whose souls there are va
rious opinions.
, I As to the souls of the wicked, the
Mohammedans, who are considered or
thodox, say that they are offered by the
■ angels of heaven, and being repulsed
as loathsome, they are offered to the
earth, and being refused a place there,
j they are carried below the earth and
I thrown into a dungeon, there to be tor
mented till they are called upon to
j join other bodies.
Quitman, Ga.
\ THE CULTIVATION OF CHRIS
| 'll AN BENEVOLENCE IN THE
SUNDA Y-SCHOOL.
!
In a recent communication on the
I means adopted by a Sunday-school of
the olden times, to raise funds for its
j own support; the statement that the
I children were never appealed to for
contributions; referred simply to funds
for the support of their own school.
It was not intended to convey the idea
that there was any deficiency in ex
pedients to awaken in the children a
j practical sympathy in the great en
j terprises then but recently inaugurat
ed, to promote the universal dissemi
: nation of the Gospel message of salva
! lion among all people, in accordance
1 with our Savior’s last, far reaching, all
embracing command.
i At a very early period in the history
I of the school, before 1 had learned to
’ read or write, there was in the school
I a regularly organized missionary socie
ty, into whose funds the children were
! encouraged to contribute one cent
| every week- This entitled them to
membership in the ‘‘Juvenile Mission
ary Society," which was officered by
I scholars chosen from among its mem
■ bership at the regular annual meeting.
These meetings were held during a
. session, and in the presence of the
' school; the juvenile members taking
front seats while they transacted their
business, listened to the reports of their
Secretary and Treasurer, and to such
intelligence from their words, and mis
sionary addresses as had been provided
for the occasion by their youthful and
enthusiastic pastor.
Every Sunday the little girl who
acted as Treasurer, went through the
school with her book, and collected the
dues from each member of the society,
marking the payment or non-payment
against their names.
, We were encouraged to procure
these pennies by earning them in
some way, or as the result of some per
sonal sacrifice. In the family of which
1 was a member, there were four of us
little ones too small to earn money ; so
we projxise to dispense with sugar in
our tea and coffee, to obtain our pen-1
nies by self-denial. One or two of our
number who were particularly fond of
sweets, found the beverage so unpala
table without its accustomed condi-'
ments, that they dispensed with that
also; but there was no relenting in any
of us in regard to the sugar. We were '
allowed by our parents to eat sugar
very freely, under the impression that
it was wholesome food—possibly more
freely than ever liefore; but it never
once occurred to our minds that no j
sugar was really saved by the new ar
rangement ; as each week we received ,
from our parents our pennies, as ours '
1 hy right, though not earned, saved by
self-denial.
The funds of this juvenile society
were appropriated tq Indian Missions.
The prominent object, and that first
provided for, was the education of
two boys in the Mission
among the Cherokee's of North Geor
gia ; one bearing the name of our own
pastor, “Howard Malcom,” and the
other called “Benjamin Stanton,” after
the Presbyterian pastor who was his
j sympathizing friend. •
Among you older readeis, there may
be some who remember the existence
iof an Indian territory in North-west
' Georgia, sixty years ago, which was
1 assured to the native Cherokees as
1 their inalienable inheritance by the
. most sacred treaties of the United
States’ government. Younger men
know of the violation of these treaties,
of the compulsory removal of the In
dians by military force, only as mat
ters of historic
After our stipulated obligations to
the Cherokees had been met, our sur
plus funds were devoted to the rem
. nant of the Six Nations, who were still
j stubbornly contending for their rights
j to remain by the graves of their fath
ers, on the Indian which
' they held by similar treaties, in West
-1 ern New York. Father Peck, a good
I old Baptist minister, who had labored
1 among these Indians till his very tones
and appearance had acquired a quaint
' ness that lent him an'unwonted charm
' in our eyes, was in the habit of paying
a eon of his, a lawyer residing in our
: city, an annual visit, ipsd-used, on these
occasions, to address our society, in
the presence of the schools, on the sub
[ ject of the wrongs, the woes and the
I claims of the Indians, with such pecu
' liar pathos and fervor, as often to draw
tears from our eyes, and always make
us feel that we could not Itetter appro
priate any surplus funds than by giv
| ing them to be expended for the poor,
ditressed Indians,the Tonawando
j Reservation.
I fear these addresses, revealing the
treachery of our government in rela
tion to its weak and helpless allies,
! did not serve to fire our patriotism.
I But they made us 'eager to increase
1 our funds ; and for this object, a sew
ing society was formed among the lit
tle girls, which met One afternoon in
| each week, to make purses, pin-cush
| ions, needle books, dress Christmas
1 dolls, etc. These articles were placed
| in a show case in the store of one of
, our dealers who sold them for us, by
I which something of value was added
Ito our means. These sewing meetings
, were held at the house of Mrs. Mal
-1 com, and she and other ladies would
superintend our work, giving direc
tions to our taste and any other need-
I ed assistance,uk,
or talking to'us .40 sweetly that the
j occasions were always replete with
pleasure. C.
FROM ST. MARTS.
Editor Index : Believing that you
would like to hear of Baptist interests
in this section, and hoping it will be of
interest at least to some of your Bap
tist readers, I will give you a resume
of the minutes of our new Association
recently organized.
On the 21st of November, delegates
from the New Providence and Hebron
churches in Camden county, Georgia,
and from Mount Olive and Mount
Zion churches in Nassau county, Fla.,
met at Hebron church, on the St.
Mary’s river, and proceeded to organ-
I ize by electing Rev. L. W. Simmons
temporary Moderator, and Major E. A.
I McWhorter temporary Clerk.
After religious exercises, a Commit
| toe on Credentials was appointed, and
reported the following named delegates
in attendancec From Hebron, Rev.
IG. A. Mallette and G. 11. Peeples; New
Providence, E. A. McWhorter and
Thomas J. Simmons; Mount Olive,
Rev. G. A. Pendarvis and D. H. Hig
ginbotham ; Mount Zion, Rev. Theo
dore Davis and Daniel Davis.
A Committee on Constitution and
Rules of Decorum, was then appointed,
and after religious exercises, the Asso
ciation adjourned until 9:30 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Met on Saturday morning, and after
religious exercises, the Committtee on
Constitution, etc., reported, and their
report was received and adopted. The
Association was called “The St. Mary's
River Missionary Baptist Assoc iation.”
An election was then held for perma
nent officers, when Major E. A.
McWhorter was elected permanent
Moderator, Rev. G. A. Mallette, Clerk,
and D. 11. Higginbotham, Treasurer.
After singing and prayer, the Com
mittee on Preaching reported that Rev.
G. A. Pendarvis would preach the
opening sermon at 11 o’clock, and
Rev. L. W. Simmons the missionary ;
sermon at 11 o’clock on Sunday morn- .
ing.
Committtees on Letters and Queries,
Sunday-schools and Missions, were
then appointed, to report at the after
noon session.
The Association then took a recess
for a few minutes, and then re-assem
bled to hear the opening sermon by
Rev. G. A. Pendarvis, from John 1: 1.
After the sermon, the Association
resumed its session, and the Commit
tees reported. These reports were
necessarily short, and consisted mostly
in exhortations to the churches to in
creased diligence, and prayerful con
sideration of their duties in regard to
Sunday-schools and the missionary
cause. The Committee on Missions
1 report that vast destitution exists within
the bounds of the Association, and
urge a special interest in the missiona
i ry cause.
The Association resolved to affiliate
I with the Georgia Baptist State Con
j vention, and Rev. L. W. Simmons and
E. A. McWhorter were appointed dele
gates to the Convention in May next.
The Rev. G. A. Mallette was appointed
i to preach the opening sermon at our
next meeting; alternate, Rev. Theodore
I Davis. Rev. L. W. Simmons, the mis
! sionary sermon; Rev. G. A. Mallette
alternate, and E. A. McWhorter to write
■ the circular letter to the churches.
A hymn was sung, the parting hand
given, and after prayer, the Association
adjourned to meet with New Provi
dence church, Camden county, Ga., on
Friday before the first Sunday in Octo-
I her next.
A large congregation met on Sabbath
morning to listen to the missionary
j sermon, and the subject of missions
and its effects were well handled by
brother L. W. Simmons.
Thus, Mr. Editor, was organized the
St. Mary’s River Missionary Associa
tion, composed of only four churches,
' with a total membership of about one
I hundred, and the most of them females.
■ This is indeed missionary ground, and
- has in the past been almost totally
; abandoned by the Baptists. It is only
j within the past few years that the
sound of a Baptist preacher's voice has
been heard in this section. We hope,
however, now we are organized, to
, go to work iu earnest, and do some
thing lor the cause of the Master, who
has done so much for us, and will, with
His help, try to disseminate Baptist
principles and literature, and ask the
I prayers of all of our Baptist brethren
] in our behalf.
■ The Index was faithfully and per
' sistently represented by brother L. W.
Simmons, and I think he will send you
I soon a list of subscribers. * * *
St. Mary’s, Ga., Dec. 8, 1879
! PROCEEDINGS OF THE COLUM
BIA UNION.
Editor Index —The Columbia Un
! ion convened with Mt. Zion church,
j Columbia county, on Friday before the
fifth Lord's day in November. A. D.,
1879.
The introductory sermon was preach
!ed by Elder John G. Taylor, on the
I “True Church.”
j An interesting sermon was preached
'on Saturday at 11a. m.„ by Elder
| Kinsey Chambers on “Communion, or
the Oneness of the Great Brotherhood.”
The committee on queries, reported
' the following, viz : No. 1. When a
I person takes a letter of dismission from
his church to be joined to another
fcehurch of tile same faith and order, and
■ holds the said letter until he disap-
I pears from the roll of membership,and
is reported as dismissed on the min
j utes of the Association, where is he?
I in the church, or in the world?
No. 2. How can a missionary spirit
best be promoted among the churches?
No. 3. Is it not expedient, and good
for the cause of Christ, to organize an
association in every county in the State,
i in which five or more efficient churches
I exist?
( Upon motion, query No. 2 was taken
I up, discussed, and answered as fol-
I lows:
Ist. Let every minister make a good
• missionary of himself.
2nd. Let the ministers preach to
i their congregations upon liberality.
3rd. Educate our children to be mis
sionaries.
4th. Have a monthly missionary
i prayer meeting, and at the close of the
meeting, take up a collection for mis
sions, each one giving as the Lord has
prospered him.
sth. Have a Woman’s Missionary
Society in every church.
It is believed the above will cultivate
the Missionary spirit in every church
where it is practiced.
Brother R. F. Rogers preached at 3
j o'clock, r, m., to an attentive congre
gation—Elder D. F. Ward, at night.
The next session of this Union is to
be held with Bethlehem chinch, the
introductory sermon to be preached
■by Elder R. F. Rogers. B. R. Moseley,
; alternate. Elder John G. Taylor to
! preach the missionary sermon.
The following resolution was ad
opted :
Rewir'd, That the church which
the Union convenes with in the future,
be allowed the privilege of contracting
the exercises of the Union meetings,
and, if any church lias any query it
desires the Union to discuss,the church
be allowed the privilege of sending it
up to the Union, when it convenes.
Also, the thanks of this body are due,
and are hereby tendered to the breth
ren and citizens of this vicinity for the
kind manner in which we have been
entertained, and that the Clerk be in
structed to furnish The Index and
Excehior Neu s with a copy of our pro
ceedings, and that publication thereof,
be requested.
Elder J. N. Reid preached an effec
tive sermon at 11 a. M., on Sabbath,and
a collection was taken up. amounting
to $16.15, which was equally divided
between Elder Kinsey Chambers and
Elder J. M. Caldwell, for missionary
labors performed in the bounds of this
Union. W. C. Lee,
Moderator.
Jacob Ellis, Clerk.
[Query No. 1, it seems, was not dis
cussed, perhaps because the brethren
thought it was not worth discussing, i
We, nevertheless, give the answer 1
without discussion. One who holds a
letter from a church, is always a mem
ber of that church, and amenable to ’
its discipline, no matter how long he
holds it. But a church which allows
a member to hold a letter unused for |
an unreasonable length of time, is
itself in disorder, and ought to amend
its ways.—Ed. Index.]
The Sunday-School.
International Sunday-School Lessons. ,
Lesson I—January 4, 1880.
THE INFANT MESSIAH.
Matt. 11, 1-12.—8. C. 4.
Time.—lt is now generally agreed that the
birth of Christ occurred four years earlier than
the commonly accepted era.
Jescs. —The Greek form of the Hebrew
Joshua. A name not uncommon among
L the Jews. Three person of this name are
mentioned in the New Testament. (1.) Our
Lord Jesus. Matt. 1:21. (2.) Joshua, the
! successor of Moses. Acts 7:45, Heb. 4:8. I
, I (3.) A converted Jew, associated with the
I apostle Paul. t'ol. 4:11.
Bethleuem.—The name signifies house of
bread. It was so named from the fertility
of the surrounding grain fields. It lay some
six miles south of Jerusalem and was one ‘
.of the oldest towns in Palestine. Ephrath
was its first name, Gen. 35:10. Near it Jacob
buried Rachel. It was the residence of I
Ruth after she left the land of Moab, and
there David was born. It is said to be “of Ju
dea” to distinguish it from another Bethle
i hem near the Sea of Galilee.
Hkroi>. —Herod the Great, an energetic, I
ambitious and cruel man and at this ti >»e
1 nearly seventy years of age. He was an
Idumean by birth.
Wise Men —The Greek word is magi. :
Originally a class of priests among the Per
sians, who were astrologisls. Afterwards the
term was applied to all the philosophers of
the East. The wise men of our lesson were
probably observers of the heavens in the bet
ter sense.
The East —Possibly Babylonia, probably j
I Persia.
i Christ.—The anointed. Same as the He
brew word Messiah of the Old Testament. It
is not a name, but a title, ami always has ref
! erenceto thepredictio s of the prophets.
INTRODVCTION.
The present is the first lesson of a new
course of seven years, a course arranged oy
the International Lesson Committee.appoint
led at Atlanta, Ga., in 1878. Os the eleven I
lessonsof the first quarter, two relate to the i
infancy of our .Savior, one to bis baptism,
and seven are taken from his sermon on the
Mount. Before Matthew gives the incident
of the present lesson, he mentions the gene
alogy of Jesus Christ, his divine origin, his
birth and his name- Read, in connection
with Mutt, ch. 1, Luke, ch. 2.
OUTLINE.
1. Inquiry, V. 1. 2.
11. Alarm, V. 3-8.
111. Guidance, V, 9. 10.
IV. Worship, V. 11, 12.
NOTES.
j I. Inquiry.
V. 1. ' Born" in a supernatural manner.
The first Adam was created, thesqpond born.
“In Bethlehem,” although his mother s res
idence was at Nazareth, sixty-eight miles by
a straight line to the north.thus fulfilling the
prophecy of Micah (5:2t uttered 710 years
before. “Behold” indicates that the event
j mentioned was an unexpected one. “Come.”
They must have made a journey of several
months’ duration. The Savior, at the time,
was probably eight or nine months old.
Why did the men come? (1). Roman his
torians tell us that a wide-spread expecta
’ tion prevailed in the East, at this time, that
a great king was to arise from the Jews.
5 (2). These men had the prophecies of Dan
iel, which pointed to the very time when
Christ should be born. (3). They were led
by a divine impulse. "From the East.” '
Possibly from Babylonia, probably from
Persia. “To Jerusalem,’’ because at the !
capital they would be most likely to get the
information they desired
V. 2. "Where is he.” We are not told to j
whom this question was put. They would;
naturally make the inquiry of the first per
son they met, and hardly of Herod. “Born
( king of the Jews." They evidently believed
in his existence. “Hisstar.” Probably an i
extraordinary and supernatural appearance.
“To worship him,” either to do homage to !
him as a king or to adore him as divine, prob
ably the latter.
11. Alarm.
V. 3. “Had heard." Hearing the rumor
that foreigners had arrived, who were mak
ing such an inquiry, he, would naturally
send for them and learn from them all he
could. “Troubled.” Rather alarmed. He
knew himself to be unpopular because of his
cruelties and feared that he should lose his I
throne. “All Jerusalem.” It was only nat
ural that the city should dread the commo
tion that a change of kings would involve.
The coming of Christ is always a source of
alarm to the wicked.
V. 4. In bis alarm, lest a revolution should
at once occur in Jerusalem, and determined
to secure himself as far as possible, he calls
| together “the chief priests and scribes,” that
is. the Sanhedrim, to ascertain from theta
the prophetic predictions, concerning the
birth of Christ. He thus shows his confi
dence in the prophecies, and in this body of
i men as the interpreters of prophecy. “De
manded.” Simply, inquired. "Christ.”
The Christ, the Messiah. Evidently he knew
that the Jews were expecting a Messiah
about tbL time.
V. 5, ‘ They said." The answer was giv
en without hesitation, and as a matter per
fectly settled by the Scriptures. "The
| prophet.” Micah.
V. 6 There are verbal differences between
the passages here and in the original in Mi- I
cah. The quotation is made from the Sep
| tuagint. a Greek translation of the Old Testa
ment, then in use. “Princes.” By a com
mon figure put for the towns where the
princes lived. “For,” gives the reason for
the greatness of Bethlehem, notwithstand
ing its insignificance. ‘ Rule.” The original
iuiplies a shepherd's care and the meaning
is that he would be a careful and kind Gov- 1
i ernor.
V. 7. ’ Privily.” Secretly. “The wise
men”who had notyet ascertained just where
to find Jesus “Diligently.” Ascertained
■ exactly. "What time the star appeared."
That he might know when Jesus was born,
He was secret in his movements, desiring
to avoid (topular excitement and to quietly
mature bls murderous plot.
V. 8. "He sent them ’’ Though he medi
tated mischief, he unintentionally furthered
God's plans and helped the earnest inquirers
to find the Savior. Search diligently." As
certain all you can about him. “That I
may come and worship him." An artful
falsehood. He lays his plans quietly and
keeps his own counsels, yet God overturns
them all.
IL. Guidance.
V. 9 "They departed," to pursue the ob
ject of their search and to fulfill the com
mand of the kiiqp “Lo, the star ” The
s'ar which had disappeared now surprises
them with its reappearing and fills them
with joy. “Went before them." Now it
became a moving star. It preceded them
from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, nor stopped
till it stood directly over the spot where the
' infant Jesus lay. “Baw in the East." Saw
when they were in the East, before they left
home. The appearance was in the western
sky.
' V. 10. Rejoiced with exceeding great joy.”
They were assured by the reappearance of the
star that their journey would not be in vain.
“Then shall ye know, if ye follow on to
1 know the Lord.”
i . IV. Worship.
V. 11. ‘lnto the house." No longer in the
stable, for the crowd brought togetherby the
census had dispersed. “The young child.”
A Savior and a king as well as a child.
Their efforts had been crowned with success.
They had sought and found. "Fell down,
etc.” “Three acts are here—falling down,
worshipping and offering—the first, the wor
ship of the body ; the second, of the soul ;
the third, of our goods. Without them all,
worship is but a lame and maimed sacrifice,
neither fit for wise men to give, nor Christ
to receive.” —Dr. Mark Frank. “Treas
ures.” Literally, caskets or chests in which
! the treasures were carried. “Presented un- *
to him gifts,” according to the Eastern cus
tom when visiting the great. “Frankin
cense,” a vegetable resin obtained from
Arabia and India. "Myrrh.” A white liq
uid as it comes from the tree, and which
thickens and becomes a gum. obtained from
A. Fit Ij in
V. 12. “Warned of God.” This would ■—
seem to indicate that their whole journey
was undertaken, performed and ended under
divine direction. “Another day," and thus • ♦
Herod was left without the information he
i sought.
R 8 MARKS,
These wise men are spoken of as the first
| Gentile worshippers of our Lord, but possi- ,
; bly their worship was only such as was paid
j to any sovereign in the East. Wicked men
' are troubled by what gives joy to the Chris
tian. Christ was once a babe. A wonder
ful truth. Bringing gifts to Christ is a part
of worship. It is useless to try to prevent
j God’s purposes. They that seek Jesus shall
' find him.
RECEIPTS MISSION BOARD
GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVEN-
TION TO DECEMBER 9,1879. -«
STATE MISSIONS.
Nov. 20. Previous reports $3,420 77
22. Geneva Baptist church, R. J.
Willingham 3 35
24. Collections T. C Tucker, Mission
ary 8 50
Americur church, B. W. Bussey. 10 00
Bowen Ass’n, Wm. H. Hoggard... 11 00
26. Geneva Baptist church, R. J.
Willingham so 00
E. P. Johnson, misstouary collec
tions 805 a
27. From sale of books donated in
1878 by J H DeVotie 2 52
Dr. N. B Drewry, Griffin 5 00
Clark’s Station Baptist church,
B M. Callaway 5 75
28. H M. Amoss, 1 00
Mrs. G. L. A. DeVotie, 1 oo'
; Dec 3. Ohooppie church, J. J Hyman... 100
Wade's church, H J. Arnett 1 60
New Hope church. T. J. Swanson 200
Brunswick church, A. C. Ward... 25 00
Bethlehem church, S. A. Burney,
treasurer 3 00
2 Social Circle Baptist church, T. A.
Gibbs, clerk 10 60
T. W. Lanier, collection 2 00
Indian Creek church, G. G Hud-
on, treasurer g 60 r '
J. J. Howar”, treasurer Middle
Cherokee Ass’u. Headen 57 85
Baptist church Hamilton, S F.
Fuller, tor W. D. Atkinson’s
children 3 50
Baptist church Whitesville, 8 F.
Fuller, tor W. D. Atkinson’s
fami1y............ 240
Cypress Pond Baptist church, J. 8.
Seo** 2 25
Total .83,646 84 *
INDIAN MISSIONS. .
Nov 20 Previous report -’n.. H24'Vo*
Dec. 3. Ohooppie church, J'. J, Hyman 100 2
Airs. E, L. Walker, for Peter Fol- W
som j QQ W
9. Woman’s Mi-sion Society, Rome
box clothing for Peter Folsom
and Lewis Ciss 25 00
J. J. Howard, treasurer Middie
Cherokee Association 04 ns i
Gillsville Ass’n, J. N. Garrison 1 55
Total - * $477 41 y
FOREIGN. MISSIONS. *
Nov. 20. ' revioua report 83 421 01 >
24. Second Baptist church Atlanta
through Index office 5 00
Americus Baptist church, B. W
Bussey ’ 15 qq
Bowen Ass’n, W. H. Hoggard n 00
Horeb Baptist church, J. M. Jones 25
28 Mrs. G. L. A. DeVotie i m
Dec. 3. Received at Richmond, H. A. Tup . {
per. to November 17 68 45
Ohooppie church, J. J. Hyman 1 00
Double Head church, H. J. Arnett 110
New Hope chur h, T. J. Swanson. 3 »
Cabin < reek church, R. G. Cheeney 1 w
Hebron church, R. G. Cheeney 4 20
Bethlehem church, 8. A Burney •* '
treasurer ’ jSO
9. Central Baptist church Atlanta’, j.
G. Q. Stanford 440
Middle Cherokee Ass’n, J. J. How-
ard, treasurer (Headden)... . 147 n-,
Middle Cherokee Ass’n, J. J. How-
ard. Woman’s Mission Society 2 25 ”
Enon church, M. H. Sanders 1:45 >
Gillsville Association 1 68
Total $3,691 04
HOME MISSIONS.
Nov. 20. Previous reports 057 15
24. Bowen Ass’n, W. H. Hoggard.. 11 sti
Horeb Baptist church, .I M. Jones
for Hartwell 75
Horeb Baptist church, J. M. Jones
for Home Missions j -5
26. San Antonia Mission Soeond Bap
tist church, Atlanta 34 m
Dec. 3. Rome Baptist church. G-A. Nun- -
Bally ~ ng
Ohooppie church, J. J. Hyman"- 100
Sylvania church, H. J. Arnett. 1 m
New Hope church, TJ. Swanstin 100
Bethlehem church, S. A. Burney. 100
9. Received st Mariou, Tress. W. H.
Mclntosh, November 20 25
Middle Cherokee Ass’n, J. J. How-
Tr. Hartwell Cal. Mis-ions 61 35
Middle Cherokee A«’u. J. J. How
ard, Tr. Home Missions 28 $5
Enon Chiirch. M. H . sandeni 1 §5
Gillsvihe Ass u, J. N. Garrison.... 166
Total -- 41,488 87
SUNDAY-SCHOOL EVANGEUBT.
I Nov. 20. Former report . J
Middle Cherokee Association J J W
Howard, Tr 5 00
ToUI - - $464 8 8
AGED INDIGENT MINISTERS’ FUND.
Nov. 20. Previous report « 289 75
r. ,V. ore '‘ ftaptist ch., J M. Jones 60
Dec. 9. Women’s Mission Society. Rome.
Mrs. Atkinson 5
T0U1......_ J2#6 .
SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEM
INARY rtND EDUCATIONAL.
' Nov. 20. Former report f) n
Dec. 3. Rome Baptist church, G. A. Nun
nally, for brethren Pitman and
Durhar, Cave Spring Association... 10 00
ToUI - - S3O 00
RECAPITULATORY.
State Missions *3 nar. aa
Sunday School Evangelist 'ara 21
Indian Missions 47?
Foreign Missions 8 Rl)t a!
Indigent Ministers’ Fund '■>» «
Education. S. T. 8. etc 30 00 .
ToUI ...$10,044 89
J. H. DeVotie, Treas. M. B. G. B. C.
tions for neuralgia, rheumatism, sores and
ulcers of all kinds, erysipelas, piles, tetter,
itch, corns and bunions, and all eruptions of /
the skin; aches and pains. Call on your drug
gist for it,or send 50 Tents for a box to L. W.
Whitehurst, Barnesville, Ga., general agent
for the State, and it will be sent by return
dec! 1.3 m